Livestonth I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

Usamah Harvey The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

Kaelan Mccaffrey Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

Nicole I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

Michael Morrison Recently (November 2017) a friend told me his favorite Western novelist is Luke Short. Strictly on his recommendation, I got a Luke Short novel, titled "Donovan's Gun," and I am very impressed. Short is now my own second favorite Western novelist, right after Elmer Kelton."Albuquerque," my favorite city in these United States, is the setting for this movie although reportedly it was shot in Chatsworth, California, now very urbanized, and Sedona, Arizona.Perhaps the story is rather slight, maybe even predictable, but the dialogue and the number of important characters raises it 'way above the average.Well, heck, Randolph Scott is the star (and in one of his most likable roles) so I was predisposed to like it. But Lon Chaney Jr. gives another of his excellent performances. He became an even better actor than his father, without the make-up.Oh, yes, as the Wolfman he used both his acting talent and make-up, but later roles, such as this and in "High Noon" and "Of Mice and Men," he proved to any doubters he was indeed an actor.Russell Hayden was a busy man, having 80 credits here at IMDb, but in "Albuquerque" he doesn't have to do a lot.But his "sister," played by Catherine Craig does. What a beautiful and talented woman. She should have had many more than 38 credits.Barbara Britton is billed higher and had a longer career, and is also lovely and talented.Usually playing a grandpa or uncle, and usually a likable codger, George Cleveland, in a Lionel Barrymore-reminiscent wheelchair, is a really horrible villain. Anyone wondering about his acting talent needs to see him in this. Remarkable performance!Nearly stealing the whole movie, as he usually did, was George "Gabby" Hayes, who had some of the best lines, and whose character owned two mules named, grandly, "Damon" and "Pythias."His character, "Juke," also got to make Bible references, even if he did sometimes rather garble them, but it was this kind of dialogue that made "Albuquerque" such an excellent movie, even more than the action.Unfortunately, sometimes the action was made less than exciting because of too many rear-screen projection shots. That is my only carp about the movie.My other carp is about some of the reviews. It is not really a "review" if the would-be reviewer merely recounts the plot, and especially when not warning readers of spoilers.One reviewer, in addition, sneered at the fact a stage-coach driver and his supposed "co-driver," who was actually a passenger, not a "co- driver," were unarmed when the bandits held them up.Juke told the bandits there was no cash box aboard, so nothing to steal -- he not knowing passengers might have valuables -- and he told the hold-up men that's why he was unarmed. So some reviewers really ought to watch the movie before commenting.I do have one other complaint: There are, at this writing, three versions of "Albuquerque" at YouTube -- and every one is pretty bad to terrible.The one I finally decided upon was out of focus and about half-way through even out of synch! Why people upload such junk is beyond me.Another has a picture of John Wayne, which seems a fairly common bit of fraud on the YouTube audience, and the YouTube owners -- Amazon? -- really ought to be ashamed to allow such dishonesty.One of the others has the movie cut off at top and bottom."Albuquerque" is a good movie, one I highly recommend, but if you try to watch at YouTube, choose carefully.

Wuchak Released in 1948, "Albuquerque" is a Western starring Randolph Scott as Cole Armin, who arrives in the New Mexican town to work for his wicked uncle's ore-hauling freight line. When he discovers overt corruption, he switches to another company with an eye on his partner's sister (Catherine Craig). Meanwhile his uncle hires a hottie spy (Barbara Britton) from out of town to destroy the competition.Reviewer msroz said it best in describing "Albuquerque" as an "okay and likable western, neither exceptional nor routine." The story is interesting, but loses momentum here and there; aspects of the film are better than the whole. One aspect that's great is the cast: Scott's amiable as the protagonist, George Cleveland is effective as the wannabe godfather of Albuquerque, Lon Chaney is formidable as one of the main heavies and the two women are gorgeous, especially Catherine Craig. She's both stunning and winsome. Another great element is the scenic Southwest locations, shot in Sedona, Arizona, and Iverson Ranch, California.As long as you can adapt to the old-style of fimmaking "Albuquerque is a worthwhile Western, but it's hampered by the negatives noted above.The film runs 90 minutes.GRADE: B-

FightingWesterner Former Texas Ranger Randolph Scott travels to Albuquerque to work for his uncle's transport service, only to find the old man a swindler and a murderer. Before long, he joins forces with upstart competitor Barbara Britton, in order to show up the old man and protect her and her brother from his uncle's sabotage. A fairly good Technicolor western, this features another sturdy performance by Scott and some nasty villainy by George Cleveland, Lon Chaney Jr., as a vicious hired hand, and Bernard J. Nedel as the crooked sheriff in Cleveland's back pocket. George "Gabby" Hayes is here too, doing what he does best, as Scott's crusty sidekick.Some nice twists and a decent amount of action and gun-play moves things along quite nicely.

zardoz-13 "Dames" director Ray Enright's "Albuquerque" amounts to an average horse opera about the rivalry between two freighting firms in the rural New Mexico territory. Randolph Scott plays the straightforward hero with his usual clean-scrubbed countenance and apparel. As Cole Armin, Scott discovers legality is thicker than blood. You see, our hero's uncle has summoned him to take over his business. Scott discovers that his uncle is a sidewinder in a wheelchair. Cole quits his uncle cold and goes to work for the opposition after he returns the ten-thousand that his uncle's thieves steal from them. The opposition is a brother and sister named Ted and Cecilia Wallace. Nevertheless, the villainous uncle does everything that he can to sabotage his rival's business. The competition involves driving wagons filled with ore down a steep, winding road. Dependable Gabby Hayes handles the comic relief and works with Cole and the Wallaces. The use of matte shots to put the heroes on the side of a mountain looks pretty good for its day and age. They aren't many surprises but the action is fast and furious for a Scott dust raiser. Lon Chaney, Jr., makes a good villain and he dies while charging our hero with a six-gun. The opening scene with a runaway stagecoach is marvelously staged by Enright and the perils on the trail in the home stretch are sturdy. The production values are more than adequate. George Cleveland's wheelchair antagonist John Armin foreshadows the same kind of villain that Gabriele Ferzetti played in Sergio Leone's "Once Upon A Time in the West." Ironically but fittingly, the villain dies at his own hand. This western concludes with Hayes' girlfriend clipping his abundant whiskers.